and welcome to morning joe: weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. let s begin this morning with a new report from house democrats that alleges the first two years of donald trump s presidency. his family business received seven point $8 million from foreign governments. democrats on the republican-led house oversight committee yesterday released the findings of an investigation that began back in 2016 into violations of the constitution s foreign cause. the report finds from 2017, to 2019 alone, trump s businesses received at least seven point $8 million from 24 in governments. most of that money? according to the report came from china! whose government allegedly paid more than five and a half million dollars to rent out trump s own properties during that time. the government of saudi arabia where, trump visited on his first foreign trip as president paid his business is more than $600,000. the. information stems from documents obtained from the trump s fo
thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the former president, the only president in u.s. history to be federally charged with a crime, firing up his base. acting without a care in the world. repeating his same tired lie that his indictment is a product of a deep state witch hunt. instead of his own misdeeds. which we learned yesterday, not just hearsay, but caught on tape, and on camera. well trump can go out and say what he wants, the rubber meets the road this tuesday in miami. where this country, and the world, we ll see him face federal
this year. the possibility of running elections by calling into question the well run elections through the use of false narratives is certainly a challenge. but just like any other elections run by autocrats, rapid minute relations does not only ruin elections, edge sows uncertainty, which also dense democracy s reputation. it should be a abundant year for voting, but it is in the start of its lump. joining us now, president emeritus of the foreign relations, the book titled the bill of obligations. the ten habits of good citizens is the basis for a new documentary. the citizens guide to preserving democracy. which premiers tonight on pbs. perfect timing for this and for this conversation. we ll get to the actual documentary in just a moment. but first richard, i want to get your reaction to what you just heard from matt bradley.
the hard way. america is going to either have to choose this next election, competency in governing, which democrats have shown. and or absolute chaos and compromise to our national security. congressman eric swalwell, as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. my pleasure. tonight, beginning at eight pm eastern. watch special coverage of the indictment of donald trump. i m going to be on a panel led by ali velshi, alongside right here on msnbc. but up next, trump attempt to deflect the mysteriousness of the charges against him. a legal experts specializing in national security on what is at stake. plus, new reaction from trump s 2024 gop rivals. some say he is unfit and shouldn t his campaign. others, signaling they will pardon him if elected. speaking of pardons, what if donald trump ran again? and one again. could he pardon himself? that s one of many unknown questions and we re gonna get into it. but first richard
don t go anymore. still to come, it s like shark tank but for world hunger. plus aaron rodgers is being dragged onge social media for doing his, quote, own covid research. i ll respond to that but first richard is here with the news. eight people including two teenagers died and 13 injured at a houston museum festival. crowds begann to push back and forth before falling on top of one another. along with trampling, it s now a homicide and narcotics investigation. tiger kingsessing star joe exotic announced he has prostate cancer. star is currently serving prison time for twice hiring people to kill his rival carol baskin. pfizer said friday it s